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Some messages are meant to be opened slowly. French Envelope With Heart feels like a love note paused in time, sealed with intention and softened by memory. The simple red heart, centered and unguarded, carries the romance of handwritten correspondence, of letters kept, reread, and never thrown away. It is nostalgic without being precious, graphic yet tender, a quiet reminder that love was once sent through the mail.
Handcrafted in our New York City studio using the traditional French art of decoupage, this bent-glass tray is made one at a time, layering vintage-inspired imagery beneath glass and firing it into permanence. The surface is luminous and tactile, with subtle variations that ensure no two pieces are exactly alike. Each tray is individually signed by Ben, a personal mark that ties it back to his singular aesthetic for the charming and the unusual.
Designed to live beautifully in the everyday, the tray is food safe, wipe clean, and finished with a felted back. It can rest flat on a tabletop, stand elegantly on a gallery easel, or hang with a plate hanger as a small, romantic work of art. A folded card explaining the time-honored decoupage process accompanies each piece.
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Style No. DPI-579
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The French call it découpage, pronounced day-coo-pahzh. It flourished in the salons of 18th-century France, where paper, patience, and a steady hand turned everyday objects into works of art.
Ben honors the French technique, in reverse. The artwork goes on the underside of the glass, by hand, so you look through the glass to see it. Nothing sits on the surface. The image seems to float, lit from within, the way a pressed flower looks when you hold it up to a window.
Every design starts with something Ben discovered or created. A pattern he drew. A botanical plate or a scrap of antique paper carried home from a market in Europe, chosen because it meant something.
Decoupage is a science of perfection. Each piece is made slowly in our New York studios by a talented team of artists, patient and exacting, who will not settle for less than a perfect result. Each one is backed in felt, so it can rest safely on a cocktail table, and signed by the artist, Ben Busko.
Each tray is decoupaged by hand beneath the glass. A little care keeps the artwork beautiful.
Suitable for hanging with a plate hanger or standing on a gallery easel.
I loved the old fashioned style New York gift wrap as well as the Ben’s Garden gift box . Both set the stage for what was waiting inside!
The “envelope “ tray did not disappoint. The graphics and quality were superb. It looks great on my coffee table.
Gorgeous and excited to give to my daughter! Love your trays
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